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Category Archives: Chapter 6
What kind of cancer was it? And why do we care?
If you’ve been following the recent series of deaths in the entertainment world, you likely noticed that both Alan Rickman and David Bowie died of cancer. What kind? The otherwise very specific obits did not mention that fact. The Washington … Continue reading
Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
What happened to the missing 18 minutes of the Lost finale on Netflix? The version of the controversial Lost finale currently streaming on Netflix is missing 18 minutes scattered throughout the episode, and show runner Damon Lindelof wants those minutes back. It doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 6, Chapter 9
Tagged Charlie Hebdo, Hoaxes, LOST, netflix, political cartoons, social media, streaming, terrorism, twitter
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Looking back at the Unabomber and the Washington Post
What has been the lasting lesson of the Washington Post publishing the Unabomber’s manifesto? Twenty years ago the Washington Post published a long and rambling manifesto written by a terrorist known as the Unabomber. The Unabomber said he would send another package … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14, Chapter 6
Tagged ethics, newspapers, terrorism
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Telling Data-Driven Stories
This morning our Comm students at University of Nebraska at Kearney were fortunate enough to have a virtual class visit from Dr. Jan Boyles from the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication at Iowa State University. She talked with us about some … Continue reading
Rachel Maddow Praises Local Journalism
Regardless of how you feel about Rachel Maddow’s progressive politics, one thing about her and her MSNBC show that I think we can all admire is the degree to which she pays attention to and praises local news. She and … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 6, Chapter 9
Tagged attacks on journalists, community journalism, television news, WEBJ
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Reporting a cable/internet outage via cable
I’m at home tonight trying to get work done to get ready for the semester that starts Monday, and the internet is not working well. As I’m being frustrated, I see tweets flow slowly in, including one from my local … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 6
Tagged Charter, crowd sourcing, reporting methods, twitter
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Some great blogs from my students
This last week my blogging and commentary student Austin Koeller wrote a state editorial I was pretty happy with. He argued that U.S. Senator Deb Fischer was betraying her conservative supporters in north central Nebraska by supporting construction of the … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 6, JMC 406
Tagged blogging, editorials
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A Rough Week For Journalism Part 2: Remembering Bob Simon
Last week was a really rough week for the journalism world. We lost two prominent journalists to unexpected deaths, we’ve had a respected news anchor suspended for six months for misrepresenting his participation in stories, and we’ve learned that our most … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 6
Tagged Bob Simon, Rough Week
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A Rough Week For Journalism: Remembering the NYT’s David Carr
UPDATED 2/17/15 This has been a really rough week for the journalism world. We’ve lost two prominent journalists to unexpected deaths, we’ve had a respected news anchor suspended for six months for misrepresenting his participation in stories, and we’ve learned … Continue reading
Editorializing on the Cover of the NY Post
Say what you like about the New York Post, they have done some magnificent photo illustrations over the years on their cover as editorial commentary. I don’t often agree with the Post, but they do great covers. Obama and “Islamic … Continue reading →